168 THE MEXICAN COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL. 



is the case when authority to promulgate rules and regulations is 

 invested in a commission or in the State entomologist. The law 

 established to guard against 'the introduction of the Mexican boll 

 weevil into the State of South Carolina was approved on February 25. 

 1904. The commodities quarantined against were cotton seed, oats, 

 and prairie hay, shipped directly or indirectly from infested points 

 in the State of Texas. 



Prof. A. F. Conradi, Clemson College, S. C, can furnish information 

 concerning the interpretation of the State law. 



Tennessee. — In compliance with the requirements of an act of the 

 General Assembly of the State of Tennessee (S. B. No. 442, chap. 466), 

 approved April 17, 1905, entitled "An act to create aState entomologist 

 and plant pathologist," etc., the State board of entomology, estab- 

 lished by said act, announced the following rules and regulations 

 under date of December 31, 1910. 



(a) No cotton lint (loose, baled, flat, or compressed), cotton seed, seed cotton, 

 cotton-seed hulls, seed-cotton or cotton-seed sacks (which have been used), or corn in 

 the shuck, shall be shipped into Tennessee from the infested territory of Texas, Okla- 

 homa, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. 



(6) Shipments of household goods from infested areas of above named States shall 

 not be admitted into Tennessee unless accompanied by an affidavit attached to the 

 way-bill to the effect that the shipment contains no cotton lint, cotton seed, seed 

 cotton, cotton-seed hulls, seed-cotton or cotton-seed sacks, or corn in the shuck. 



(c) It shall be unlawful for anyone in Tennessee to have in his possession live Mexi- 

 can cotton boll weevils. The public is urged to recognize the danger of introducing 

 unwittingly live boll weevils for inspection, observation, or experiment. 



Mr. G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn., is the officer in this State. 



Texas. — In accordance with an act of the State legislature, to pre- 

 vent the spread and dissemination of injurious insects, the commis- 

 sioner of agriculture designated the boll weevil as such an insect to be 

 quarantined. This ruling in the act makes it illegal to ship seed cot- 

 ton or cotton seed, or any other article which might carry the boll 

 weevil from an infested county to an uninfested county. 



Mr. Ed. R. Kone, Austin, Tex., is the State officer charged with 

 quarantine enforcement. 



Regulations of foreign governments. — The Governments of Egypt, 

 Peru, and India have established an injunction against the importa- 

 tion of American cotton seed originating in the infested localities. 

 In all cases, however, it can be arranged to have shipments cleared in 

 case they are accompanied b} r certificates of fumigation by a com- 

 petent authority. 



